How is gambling a disease? I don't understand?

Brenton Cornwall: it's not a disease but it will do some pretty nasty things to you like destroy your whole life so don't gamble my mom knew someone who go around 10 million dollar from her dead husband and she lost it all in 4 years because of gambling

Gladys Worthing: It's an addiction, which is a kind of disease of the brain chemicals.You can be born with diseases, or develop them from lifestyle choices (like cancer from smoking). It's not a disease for everyone - some people can manage to gamble without becoming addicted, but some people destroy their lives with it and for them it is a disease....Show more

Cassey Hollinghurst: I would not really call it a disease unless you consider any addiction a disease. I believe it's an addiction not unlike alcoholism or drug addiction which I don't consider either to be a disease. They like to use disease because it presumes you don't have any control over the situation. With addiction, you CAN get control.

! Mel Crapo: Gambling isnt a desease, a desease affects your body while gambling does not.. it only hurt your pocket if you dont play right..

Raleigh Lufkin: It's not. It's an addictive behavior. People like to remove the stigma of blame for things like gambling and alcoholism by calling them diseases. It makes the "victim" (addict) feel better, when in reality it allows them to be absolved of any responsibility for their actions.

Lorine Helwick: No, they are comparing it to a disease, yet unreasonable, because it's an addiction, it has nothing to do with your body except wasting your money if you tend to lose a lot..